NCAA Tournament Betting Trends
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2025 March Madness first-round betting trends, NCAA Tournament odds

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Underdogs have a slight edge against the spread (ATS) in the Round of 64 .
Since 2015 , they've gone a whopping 149-133-3 ATS ( 52.8% ) in the first round.
A 12 -seed has won 55 first -round games since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 .
In six of the past 12 tournaments, a No. 14 seed has beaten a 3 seed.
The 14th -seeded UNC Wilmington Seahawks are the lone Colonial Athletic team in the field this year .
Big South schools are 1-28 in the Round of 64 , with the lone win coming from Winthrop in 2007 .
No. 1 seeds have won 27 national championships since 1979 , the most of any seed.
Dan Hurley is 15-3 ATS ( 83.3% ) and 14-4 SU ( 77.8% ) in the NCAA Tournament as a head coach; that is the highest cover rate of any coach since 1985 .
Since 1985 , a double-digit seed has made the Sweet 16 in all but two NCAA Tournaments ( 1995, 2007 ) No team west of the state of Texas has won the tournament since 1997 .
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